Max Braun (zoologist)

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Maximilian Christian Gustav Carl Braun (born September 30, 1850 in Myslowitz ( Upper Silesia ), † February 19, 1930 in Königsberg , Prussia ) was a German zoologist.

Life

After attending grammar school in Brieg (Silesia), Braun took part in the war against France in 1870/71. From 1871 to 1874 he studied natural sciences and medicine in Greifswald and Würzburg. In Greifswald he joined the Landsmannschaft Silesia . In 1874 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD. After a brief position as assistant at the Zoological Museum in Würzburg , he was also promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. In the summer of 1878 he completed his habilitation in zoology at the University of Würzburg. After a brief activity as a private lecturer in Würzburg, Braun went to the Institute for Comparative Anatomy of the Imperial University of Dorpat as a prosector in 1880 . In 1883 he was appointed professor of zoology in Dorpat . In 1885 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy . In 1886 Braun received a full professorship for zoology at the University of Rostock . From 1891 Braun was a full professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Königsberg and director of the Zoological Museum in Königsberg. There he made special contributions to the establishment of the zoo . In 1901/02 Braun was rector of the University of Königsberg. 1916/1917 he was President of the German Zoological Society . In 1921 he retired in Königsberg.

As a zoologist, Braun is best known for his work on parasitology, some of which have also been translated into English.

Max Braun was married to Toni Leisterer since 1880. Her sons, the geographer Gustav Braun (1881-1940) and the philosopher Otto Braun (1885-1922), also became university teachers.

Fonts

  • Contributions to the knowledge of the Baltic fauna: 1: About Dorpater fountain planariums , Dorpat 1881.
  • The animal parasites of humans , Würzburg 1883 (6th verb. Edition with Otto Seifert, 2 vols. Leipzig 1925/26).
  • The zootomic Practicum. Instructions for carrying out zoological examinations for students of the natural sciences, mediciners, doctors and teachers , Stuttgart 1886.
  • Guide to the investigation of animal parasites in humans and domestic animals, for students, doctors and veterinarians (together with Max Lühe), Würzburg 1909 (various new editions).
  • Continuation of Bronn's classes and orders of the animal kingdom. , Vol. 4. Vermes / Section 1, Leipzig 1879 ff.

literature

  • Robert Albinus: Lexicon of the City of Königsberg Pr. And Surroundings , Leer 1985, p. 45.
  • Isidor Fischer , Biographical Lexicon of the Outstanding Doctors of the Last 50 Years, Vol. 1, Berlin / Vienna 1932, p. 166.
  • Max Mechow: Well-known CCer, Historia Academica. Volume 8/9, p. 29.
  • Who is it, IX. Edition, Berlin 1928, p. 189.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Today: Landsmannschaft in CC Alemannia-Silesia zu Clausthal.
personal data
SURNAME Brown, max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braun, Maximilian Christian Gustav Carl; Brown, max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Myslowitz , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1930
Place of death Koenigsberg i. Pr.